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N0. 6l4,203. Patented Nov. I5, I898. v. E. EDWARDS & R. L. MORGAN.

WIRE REEL.

Application filed Aug. 25, 1897.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheef l..

N0. 6|4,203. Patented Nov. l5, I898.

v. E. EDWARDS & n. L. MORGAN.

WIRE REEL.

(Application filed Aug. 25, 1897.) (No Model.)

2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

m: ucnms PETERS co. [mom-urns" WASHINGTON, D. c.

NlTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VICTOR E. EDWARDS AND RALPH L. MORGAN, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHTT- SETTS, ASSIGNORS TO THE MORGAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 614,203, dated November 15, 18955.

Application filed August 25, 1897.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, VICTOR E. EDWARDS andRALPH L. MORGAN, citizens of the United States, residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wire-Reels, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same,

IO in Which-- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a reel embodying our invention, with the oper ative parts of the reel shown in central vertical sectional view, with the reel raised in its operative position. Fig. 2 is a plan view of that portion of the reel lying below the broken line 2 2, Fig. 1, shown on a scale of two-thirds that of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a side elevation with the operative parts of the reel 2 shown in central vertical sectional view, the

same as shown in Fig. 1, but with the reel in its lowest position;'and Fig. 4. is a bottom view of the rotating drum B with a portion broken away in order to disclose one of the pivoted 2 5 latches arranged to have their free ends thrown outward by centrifugal force to engage the wire-reel.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the difierent figures. 7

Our invention relates to a reel for coiling wire rods as they are delivered from a rollingmill; and it has for its object to provide improved means for driving the reel, for controlling the rod, for delivering the coil from 5 the reel, and for increasing the eficiency of the reel, and these objects are attained by the construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter described, and specifically set forth in the annexed claims.

Referring to the drawings, A denotes the framework, which supports the operative portions of the reel.

A denotes a horizontal driving-shaft provided with tight and-loose pulleys A and A 5 and a beveled pinion A which engages a beveled gear A, attached to a vertical shaft A journaled in the framework A. At the lower end of the vertical shaft A is a drum B, having tapering sides and provided with 50 an internal hub B, which is journaled upon A the lower end of the vertical shaft A".

inelose the tapering face of a driving-ring B Serial No. 649,471. (No model.)

The drum B is provided with an annular cover B attached by bolts B and having its inner edge B overlapping a flange B attached to the frame A, so that when the drum B is allowed to drop into its lowest position it will be supported upon the flange B The drum B isprovided with the inner tapering sides B", which correspond with and carried upon the ends of arms B", which project from a hub B keyed to the vertical shaft A I Below the drum B is a reel C, comprising a platform 0, uponwhich the rod is coiled, a disk'C carrying the blades C curved concentrically with the axis of the reel and attached tothe disk C by bolts 0. The curved blades C extend upwardly from the disk C and are provided with beveled tips C adapted to enter an annular tapering recess B in the drum B. Outside the blades C is a row of vertical pins 0 arranged concentrically with the axis of the reel. The platform 0 is car-- ried upon the upper end of a vertical spindle D, which is supported at its lower end upon the yoke'D, held in a bracket D attached to the frame A. The disk C is attached to a sleeve D which incloses the spindle D and is capable of sliding thereon. Beneath the disk 0 and held loosely upon the sleeve D is a disk D which forms a support for the spiral springs D which rest upon the disk D and. enter recesses in the under side of the disk C withtheir tension applied to separate the disk C and the disk D Below the disk D and concentrically with the-sleeve D is a disk D, provided with a tapering flange D adapted to be brought into frictional contact with an annular brake-ring D attached to a flange D extending downwardly from the disk C The .disk D carries an arm D which engages the frame A in order to hold the disk D from rotating. The disk D is supported upon the flanged upper end of a hydraulic piston E, which is actuated by water under pressure in a cylinder E. The upper end of the hydraulic piston is tubular to inclose the spindle D, which supports the platform C, and the tubular secloo tion E of the piston is provided with slots E E to allow gudgeons D D of the yoke D topass through and be supported by a bracket D which is attached to the frame A, thereby allowing a rising-and-falling motion to be imparted to the disk 0 while the platform C is held in the same vertical position and independently of the reel.

When the reel 0 is lowered and the beveled tips 0 of the curved blades C are withdrawn from the annular recess B in the drum B, the tension of the spiral springs D will raise the disk 0 relatively to the disk D, so as to bring the annular brake-ring D into contact with the tapering non-rotatable flange D thereby stopping the rotation of the reel. The drum B will also drop by its own weight until the inner edge B of the annular cover B is caught by the flange B thereby carrying the annular tapering sides 13 out of contact with the rotating driving-ring B". By lowering the reel C sufficiently to carry the tips of the curved blades C and the vertical pins C below the platform 0 the coil F which has been deposited on the platform, can be removed.

When the reel is to be put in operation to coil the rod, the hydraulic piston E is raised, thereby lifting the disk C and carrying the beveled tips G into the annular recess B of the drum B to lift the drum and carry its inner tapering sides B into contact with the rotating ring B as shown in Fig. 1, causing the rotation of the ring B to be imparted to the drum B. Hinged upon pins G, held in the drum B, are latches G, arranged to have their free ends thrown out by the centrifugal motion of the drum into the annular recess B, so as to engage the tips of the curved plates 0 and cause the rotation of the drum B to be imparted to the reel 0.

The rod H as delivered from the rolls of the mill is fed through a spout H and delivered into the annular space between the curved blades 0 and the outer row of pins 0 Whereit is coiled by the rotation of the reel. As the last end of the rod leaves the rolls of the mill the bight of the rod around the outer tapering sides of the drum 13 causes it to be drawn into the reel, and as the end is delivered through the spout H the coil or coils of rod which have been formed around the drum B will be released by their own weight, owing to the tapering sides of the drum, and allowed to fall upon the coil resting upon the platform 0.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination with a rotatable reel upon which the wire rods are coiled, said reel being capable of a vertical movement, of a rotating driving mechanism placed above said reel, and means for raising said reel into operative engagement with said driving mechanism whereby said reel is rotated, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a rotatable reel,

capable of a vertical movement, of a driving mechanism placed above said reel comprising a frictional driving-ring, a drum arranged to be carried into engagement with said drivingring by the upward movement of said reel, clutching mechanism between said drum and said reel, and means for vertically moving said reel into engagement with said drum, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a rotatable reel of a rotating shaft having its axis in alinement with the axis of said reel, a drivin g-rin g carried by said shaft, a drum adapted to be engaged by said driving-ring, a fixed support for said drum, means for moving said reel into engagement with said drum and carrying said drum into engagement with said driving-ring, substantially as described.

4. The combination of a rotating drivingring, a drum suspended from the fixed framework of the machine concentrically with said driving ring and adapted to be engaged thereby, a rotatable reel below said drum, means for engaging said reel and said drum and means for raising said reel into engagement with said drum and lifting said drum by the upward movement of the reel into engagement with said driving-ring whereby the rotary motion of said drivin g-rin g is imparted to the reel, substantially as described.

5. The combination of a vertical rotating shaft, a driving-ring attached to said shaft and having an outer beveled frictional driving-surface, a drum suspended from the fixed framework of the machine and having an interior beveled frictional driving -surface adapted to be carried into engagement with said driving-ring by the upward movement of said drum, a reel below said drum, means for clutching said drum and said reel, means for raising said reel into engagement with said drum and means for guiding a rod into said reel in the plane of said drum, substantially as described.

6. The combination with a drum and means for rotating the same, said drum having an annular recess on the under side, a rotatable reel capable of a vertical movement and located below said drum, blades projecting upwardly from saidreel and having tips adapted to fit said annular recess and means for raising said reel into engagement with said drum, substantially as described.

7. The combination with a drum and means for rotating the same, said drum having an annular recess on its under side, of a rotatable reel capable of a vertical movement and located below said drum, blades projecting upwardly from said reel and provided with tips adapted to enter into frictional contact with the sides of said annular recess, clutching mechanism carried by said drum for engaging said blades and imparting a rotary motion to said reel, substantially as described.

8. The combination with a drum and means for rotating the same, a rotatable reel capable of a vertical movement and located below said beneath it, and means for lowering said reel.

into engagement with the reel clutching mechanism, substantially as described.

10. In a wire-reeling mechanism, the reel, comprising a rotatable platform held in a fixed position vertically, a rotatable disk below said platform, a series of upwardlyprojecting blades carried by said disk and an outer series of pins carried by said disk and means for raising said disk, substantially as described.

11. The combination in a reel of a hydraulic plunger, a disk D mounted on said plunger and held from rotation, a rotatable disk 0 supported on said disk D, upwardly-project: ing pins and blades carried by said rotatable disk and inclosing a space to receive the coil, and means for actuating said rotatable disk, substantially as described.

12. The combination in a reeling mechanism, of a tubular hydraulic plunger provided with slots, a spindle inclosed in said plunger, a yoke supporting said spindle and provided with gudgeons projecting through the slots in said plunger, means for supporting said gudgeons, aplatform mounted on said spindle and a reel mounted on said plunger, substantially as described.

13. A reeling mechanism comprising the followinginstrumentalities: a rotatable platform held in a fixed position vertically, a rotatable disk located below said platform and provided with mechanism to receive and wind the coil, means for rotating said disk located above said platform and means for raising and lowering said disk, substantially as described.

14. A Wire-reeling mechanism comprising the following instrumentalities; a rotatable platform held in a fixed position vertically, a rotating mechanism for coiling a rod 'on said platform and means for raising and lowering said coiling mechanism relatively to said plat form, substantially as described.

15. The combination of a tapering drum having its smaller end the lowest, means for rotating said drum, a reel located below said drum, means for rotating said reel and means for raising orlowering said reel relatively to said drum and means for delivering a rod to said reel in the plane of said tapering drum, substantially as described.

16. The combination of a non rotatable disk, means for raising and lowering the same, mechanism adapted to receive and wind the coil supported on said non -"rotatable disk and springs interposed between said disk and said coiling mechanism, substantially as described.

17. The combination of a non-rotatable disk having a tapering frictional surface, means for raising and lowering the same, mechanism adapted'to receive and wind the coil and having a beveled frictional surface and springs interposed between said coiling mechanism and said disk to separate the same'and carry said frictional surfaces into contact, substantially as described.

Dated this23d day of August, 1897.

VICTOR E. EDWARDS. RALPH L. MORGAN.

Witnesses:

RUFUS B. FOWLER, M. 0. PRICE. 

